Patents by Inventor Makoto Niwa
Makoto Niwa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230253140Abstract: This adhesively-laminated core manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing an adhesively-laminated core by punching a plurality of steel sheet parts while a strip-shaped steel sheet is fed and laminating the steel sheet parts via an adhesive, and includes a step of forming a curing acceleration portion by applying and drying a curing accelerator on one or both surfaces of the strip-shaped steel sheet before a pressing oil is applied, and a step of applying the pressing oil to a surface of the curing acceleration portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2021Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazutoshi TAKEDA, Shinsuke TAKATANI, Ryu HIRAYAMA, Yoshiaki IWASE, Makoto NIWA, Masashi YAMADA
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Publication number: 20210062010Abstract: Provided are: a composition for powder coating materials, which enables the achievement of a cured film that has excellent thin film smoothness, electrical insulation properties and thermal conductivity; and a coated article. The present invention relates to: a composition for powder coating materials, which contains (A) a thermally conductive filler having an average circularity of 0.92 or more, (B) a thermosetting resin and (C) a curing agent; and a coated article, the surface of which is provided with a cured film that is formed from this composition for powder coating materials. The present invention also relates to a composition for powder coating materials, which additionally contains (D) a dispersant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto NIWA, Takefumi SATO
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Patent number: 10613810Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Wakamoto, Makoto Niwa, Daigo Konno
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Publication number: 20190121592Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
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Patent number: 10067726Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Subaru CorporationInventors: Naoki Wakamoto, Makoto Niwa, Daigo Konno
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Patent number: 9463682Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front panel provided in front of an occupant traveling in the vehicle; an air-conditioning duct that forms at least one air outlet, through which a conditioned airflow is blown, in an upper portion of the front panel; a wind direction adjustment member capable of adjusting the conditioned airflow blown out of the air outlet such that the conditioned airflow flows from the air outlet toward the occupant; and at least one display member that displays information to the occupant. The display member is provided in the air-conditioning duct or the air outlet. The wind direction adjustment member is provided so as not to interfere a path between an image displayed by the display member and the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahito Suzuki, Tomoyuki Nunome, Tsukasa Mikuni, Makoto Niwa, Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 9310669Abstract: A camera body includes a plurality of body-side bayonet lugs which are provided on the peripheral edge of an opening; and a protrusion which is positioned in a circular-arc opening formed between adjacent body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs, the distance between the protrusion and either of adjacent two body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs being shorter than each of the lens-side bayonet lugs; and a body-side mount surface with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact from the front side when the lens-side bayonet lugs are positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lugs.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Patent number: 9197801Abstract: A camera body includes a body-side bayonet lug, wherein a lens-side bayonet lug of a lens barrel is positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lug when the lens barrel is mounted to the camera body; an opposed surface formed on the rear surface of the body-side bayonet lug and positioned immediately in front of the lens-side bayonet lug; a body-side mount surface positioned in front of the opposed surface and with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact; and a body-side contact portion, the front end of which contacts the rear end of the lens-side contact portion when the opposed surface faces the lens-side bayonet lug, the front end of the body-side contact portion being positioned in front of the opposed surface and behind the body-side mount surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Publication number: 20150273984Abstract: A vehicle includes: a front panel provided in front of an occupant traveling in the vehicle; an air-conditioning duct that forms at least one air outlet, through which a conditioned airflow is blown, in an upper portion of the front panel; a wind direction adjustment member capable of adjusting the conditioned airflow blown out of the air outlet such that the conditioned airflow flows from the air outlet toward the occupant; and at least one display member that displays information to the occupant. The display member is provided in the air-conditioning duct or the air outlet. The wind direction adjustment member is provided so as not to interfere a path between an image displayed by the display member and the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takahito SUZUKI, Tomoyuki NUNOME, Tsukasa MIKUNI, Makoto NIWA, Isamu NAGASAWA
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Patent number: 9134590Abstract: A camera body includes body-side bayonet lugs concentric with lens-side bayonet lugs, circular-arc openings, a circular arc protrusion positioned inside the camera body and projecting forward and concentric with the body-side bayonet lugs, body-side contact portions provided and arranged on the front end surface of the circular arc protrusion and come into contact with lens-side contact portions which are provided on the lens barrel, and rearward biasers provided immediately behind two of the body-side bayonet lugs to bias and move the lens-side bayonet lugs rearward, wherein two of the body-side contact portions located at both ends in the lengthwise direction and the two rearward biasers lie on radial-direction extension lines of the circular arc protrusion, respectively, as viewed in an optical axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Patent number: 9125837Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing silylated pullulan, which features reacting pullulan with N,O-bistrimethylsilylacetamide by using, as a reaction medium, only one of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone or a mixed solvent of both of them. Compared with conventional processes, the process according to the present invention can produce high-purity silylated pullulan simply, easily and efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Masato Izume, Takahiro Fukuhara, Makoto Niwa, Takanori Sannan, Shinya Tsuchida, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20140292695Abstract: A display device for a vehicle includes an operating unit which a passenger can operate, and a display unit which displays various types of images based on an operation input at the operating unit. The operating unit and display unit are disposed separated from each other. The operating unit is situated between the eyes of a driver performing the operation input and the display unit, and overlays the display unit on the line-of-sight direction of the driver performing the operation input.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Naoki WAKAMOTO, Makoto NIWA, Daigo KONNO
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Publication number: 20140119721Abstract: A camera body includes a plurality of body-side bayonet lugs which are provided on the peripheral edge of an opening; and a protrusion which is positioned in a circular-arc opening formed between adjacent body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs, the distance between the protrusion and either of adjacent two body-side bayonet lugs of the body-side bayonet lugs being shorter than each of the lens-side bayonet lugs; and a body-side mount surface with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact from the front side when the lens-side bayonet lugs are positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lugs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Publication number: 20140119720Abstract: A camera body includes body-side bayonet lugs concentric with lens-side bayonet lugs, circular-arc openings, a circular arc protrusion positioned inside the camera body and projecting forward and concentric with the body-side bayonet lugs, body-side contact portions provided and arranged on the front end surface of the circular arc protrusion and come into contact with lens-side contact portions which are provided on the lens barrel, and rearward biasers provided immediately behind two of the body-side bayonet lugs to bias and move the lens-side bayonet lugs rearward, wherein two of the body-side contact portions located at both ends in the lengthwise direction and the two rearward biasers lie on radial-direction extension lines of the circular arc protrusion, respectively, as viewed in an optical axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Publication number: 20140111686Abstract: A camera body includes a body-side bayonet lug, wherein a lens-side bayonet lug of a lens barrel is positioned immediately behind the body-side bayonet lug when the lens barrel is mounted to the camera body; an opposed surface formed on the rear surface of the body-side bayonet and positioned immediately in front of the lens-side bayonet lug; a body-side mount surface positioned in front of the opposed surface and with which the lens-side bayonet surface comes into contact; and a body-side contact portion, the front end of which contacts the rear end of the lens-side contact portion when the opposed surface faces the lens-side bayonet lug, the front end of the body-side contact portion being positioned in front of the opposed surface and behind the body-side mount surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iikawa, Makoto Niwa, Yuji Kogure, Takahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Inazuka, Ichiro Taguchi, Kosei Kosako
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Patent number: 7733566Abstract: A supporting mechanism comprises a movable unit and a fixed unit. The movable unit is movable in a reference plane. The fixed unit has a rectangular frame that is connected with the movable unit, that is composed of strips perpendicular to the reference plane, and that is fixed to another part of the fixed unit. The fixed unit movably supports the movable unit through an elastic transformation of the rectangular frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Hoya CorporationInventors: Shigeo Enomoto, Makoto Niwa
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Publication number: 20100048886Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing silylated pullulan, which features reacting pullulan with N,O-bistrimethylsilylacetamide by using, as a reaction medium, only one of N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and N-ethyl-2-pyrrolidone or a mixed solvent of both of them. Compared with conventional processes, the process according to the present invention can produce high-purity silylated pullulan simply, easily and efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: DAINICHISEIKA COLOR & CHEMICALS MFG. CO., LTD.,Inventors: Masato Izume, Takahiro Fukuhara, Makoto Niwa, Takanori Sannan, Shinya Tsuchida, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20070297055Abstract: A supporting mechanism comprises a movable unit and a fixed unit. The movable unit is movable in a reference plane. The fixed unit has a rectangular frame that is connected with the movable unit, that is composed of strips perpendicular to the reference plane, and that is fixed to another part of the fixed unit. The fixed unit movably supports the movable unit through an elastic transformation of the rectangular frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: PENTAX CORPORATIONInventors: Shigeo ENOMOTO, Makoto NIWA
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Patent number: 6302994Abstract: A process for producing an article with a label, which comprises attaching, to an article, a heat-sensitive and pressure-sensitive adhesive label having an adhesive layer composed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, which is an aqueous emulsion type composition comprising: (A) a water-soluble resin obtained by neutralizing a resin having an acid value of 1 meq/g or more, with a base, and (B) a polymer having an acid value of 0.6 meq/g or less and a glass transition temperature of −20° C. or lower, obtained by emulsion polymerization of a radical-polymerizable monomer, and which, when made into an aqueous film and dried at a temperature lower than 60° C., becomes a film (1) of two-phase structure wherein particles composed of the component (B) are dispersed in a continuous phase composed of the component (A) and, when the film (1) is heated to a temperature of 60° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1999Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Kamiya, Kiyokazu Mizutani, Yoichi Kirito, Akemi Koketsu, Makoto Niwa, Kotaro Yoneda, Hiroshi Iesako, Hitoshi Kato
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Patent number: 4353680Abstract: An exhaust fan with a motor for driving rotatable fan blades, a case for mounting and surrounding a motor supporting frame, and a face cover detachably mounted on the case, the cover and case having portions for engagement with each other for limiting movement of the cover to a predetermined distance by engaging each other when the cover becomes disengaged from the case.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 1980Date of Patent: October 12, 1982Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shunji Hiraoka, Makoto Niwa, Satoru Ishii